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Originally Posted by awareness
Right now I'm friends with a sister from the Church of Christ, who ruined her family, and caused much dysfunction, because she made her family second fiddle to God. The fruit of doing that is causing real pain and tragedy right now. It's heart breaking. I pray for them all the time.
We must not forget that, to love Jesus, we are to do that by, loving "the least of these."
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That is a critical distinction to make. Sometimes we fall into thinking we put God first when we are really putting the idol of our Christian ministry first. God's will is that we would love our family. Maybe this is why so many got burned after giving up so much to serve in the LCs because Lee molded people to serve his ministry rather than loving God and walking in our identity as children of God. Just look at how folks in LRC are trained to preach the gospel, it's more of a sales pitch for a persons ministry than it is of Jesus.
The more we love God the more we receive his love which will allow us to love our family more. It's a tragedy many pastors and ministry leaders focus their love on churches but their own children will be without love. This is a story that is heard too often
we also serve God by serving our family with love. Whoever does not provide for his family is worse than an unbeliever (1 Tim 5:8). The greatest thing we can provide our family is love.
Here's a song that sings on how when we love God(not necessarily doing "stuff" for him but giving our heart to him) we will love our family more:
http://youtu.be/t4_sfgjRcfI